my wife describes ultra processed food as food that is basically pre digested for you before you eat it, which seems like a pretty good definition to me

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bcatanzaro 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s why we cook food. Cooked grain is way more nutritious than raw grain. The kitchen is an external stomach.

	▲	b0rtb0rt an hour ago \| parent [-]
		theres a difference between cooked rice and ritz crackers ritz crackers are basically already digested before you eat them

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Footkerchief 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Seems like that would include all fermented foods.